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The paper "Does local governments' responsiveness increase with decentralization and democratization? Evidence from sub-national budget allocation in Indonesia" (Krisztina Kis-Katos/ Bambang Suharnoko Sjahrir) was presented by Krisztina Kis-Katos at the Second World Congress of the Public Choice Societies in Miami, Florida, March 8-11, 2012.

This article on East Asian and European forum shopping in global governance argues that the “principled multilateralism” of the immediate post-Cold War period is increasingly giving way to what may be called a “diminished multilateralism.” Newly emerging global and regional powers such as the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and other rising powers in the Global South are increasingly questioning the legitimacy of the existing international architecture which they regard as a vehicle of the USA and Western countries to conserve their international influence in an era of rapid change ...

Australian National University, ISEAC Cosmopolitan conference 2012: On Cosmopolitanism and Southeast Asia: imaginings, mediation and movement. Canberra, Australien, 16 - 18 February 2012

The political economy of public goods provision in the post-Marcos Philippines (6 February 2012, 8pm, HS 1015)

30 January 2012, 8pm, HS 1015

The BMBF-sponsored Southeast Asia Study Group at Freiburg organized an Academic and Policy Roundtable on the Global Economic and Financial Crisis and the responds of (South)East Asian nations. The Roundtable took place on January 27th, 2012 in Berlin (Germany).

In 2012, the BMBF-sponsored Southeast Asia Study Group at Freiburg organizes an Academic and Policy Roundtable on the Global Economic and Financial Crisis and the responds of (South)East Asian nations. The Roundtable will take place at January 27th, 2012 in Berlin (Germany).

This colloquium will be presented by Dr. Marcus Mietzner, a guest fellow of Southeast Asian Studies at Freiburg. The talk focuses on the similarities and differences between the democratic transitions in Indonesia and Egypt. Particular attention will be paid to the role of the military in both transitions, with the army in Egypt constituting a much higher obstacle to democratization than its Indonesian counterpart. The importance of the divisions between Islamists and liberals will also be discussed, as will be the quality of electoral management and party organization. (24 January 2012, 6pm, Dpt. of Anthropology, Seminarraum)

19 January 2012, 8pm, HS 1199